3. Start After Effects, and then immediately hold down Ctrl+Alt+Shift (Windows) or
Command+Option+Shift (macOS). When prompted, click OK to delete your preferences.
Click New Project in the Home window.After Effects opens to display a blank, untitled project.
4. Choose File > Save As > Save As.
5. In the Save As dialog box, navigate to the Lessons/Lesson08/Finished_Project folder.
6. Name the project Lesson08_Finished.aep, and then click Save.Importing footage
You’ll import two Adobe Photoshop files and a background movie.
1. Choose File > Import > File.
2. Navigate to the Lessons/Lesson08/Assets folder. Press Ctrl or Command to select the
crab.psd and Water_background.mov files. Then click Import or Open. The assets appear in
the Project panel.
3. Double-click an empty area in the Project panel to open the Import File dialog box again.
Select the text.psd file in the Lessons/Lesson08/Assets folder.
4. Choose Composition – Retain Layer Sizes from the Import As menu. (In macOS, you may
need to click Options to see the Import As menu.) Then click Import or Open.
5. In the Text.psd dialog box, select Editable Layer Styles, and click OK. The imported file is
added as a composition to the Project panel; its layers are added in a separate folder.Creating the composition
As with any project, you need to create a new composition.
1. Click New Composition in the Composition panel.